Hanging hamper.



M. L. FROEHLIGH & M. 1?.-MORISON.

HANGING HAMPBB.

Anmouxon Hum JUNE 25,1909.

914,652. Patented Mar.9,19o9.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT MARTIN L. FROEHLICH AND MAY F. MORISON, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

HANG-IN G HAMPER.

No. 914,652. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed. J une 25, 1908. Serial No. 440,279.

l a perspective view of the hamper when closed. Fig. 2, is the samehamper open both at top and bottom.

Same letters indicate similar parts in the different figures.

The hamper is preferably made of ratan, wickerwork, or any light andsubstantial material and is provided with suitable fastening (not shown)by which it is secured to the wall of a room or passage way or to anyother fixed support. t is preferably set high enough to allow persons topass under it as in that position it will be more out of To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN L. Fnonri- Lion, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Richmond borough, New York city, and State ofNew York, and MAY FRAZER Morrison, a citizen el' the United States, anda resident of the city, county, and State of New `York, have inventedcertain new and useful mprovements in Hanging Hampers, of whici thefollowing is a specification.

The need of compactness in furnishings under conditions of life in cityapartments l l l l l l i l, l

and flats, has, as is well known, increased the way. greatly withinrecent years. ln order to Ais the front of the hamper. keep the rent ofsmall flats and apartments B is the end.

C is the top or at the rear and is lifted by the handle-rod a.

D is the bottom of the hamper, preferably hinged at the rear, openingdownward, and. held up by the hooks l).

1t will be readily understood that the hamper is normally closed asshown in Fig. 1. When it is desired. to put a used towel or otherarticle in the hamper, the cover is raised as shown in Fig. 2. When itis desired to empty the hamper the bottom lid is dropped by releasingthe hooks l), when the forward edge will drop as shown in Fig. 2, andthe contents drop out.

We claim:

A hanging hamper provided with a hinged lid at the top, a rod forlifting the same, and a hinged bottom, with hooks for holding the sameclosed when desired.

MARTIN L. FROEHLlGH. i MAY F. MORlSON.

within a reasonable limit the dimensions of the individual rooms havedecreased as the surface value of floor space has increased. rThis isparticularly true of bath-rooms and passageways, so that it has becomedifficult to provide space for anything more than the absolutelynecessary floor furniture.

The object of our invention is to provide a clothes hamper or basket ofsuch character that it may be placed in a bath-room, closet, or passageway without displacing any article of furniture, and without in any wayinterfering with the occupants in moving about. To this end we havedevised a hanging hamper which can be hung upon a wall at a sufficientheight to allow any one topass underneath or to permit the setting ofthe bath-tub, wash-stand, or any other article of furniture below it,without having l either article interfere with the other. This hamperopens at the top to receive the soiled clothes etc. and opens at thebottom so that the hamper empties itselfI entirely when the l bottomopens and the clothes are removed. l ln the accompanying drawings,Figurel, is l YVitnesses:

C. R. THOMAS, W. P. PREBLE, Jr.

cover, preferably hinged,

